Party shortcuts: a few ideas on a Strawberry Shortcake party.
As I age, my standards get lower and lower and lower. Kind of like my… whatever…. My first child’s first birthday party had 2 character cakes (Bob & Larry of VeggieTales), goody bags, a BBQ with homemade salads, hand chopped produce, homemade side dishes, and hand made invitations as well as thank you cards… and [...]
Naptime Gone Bad
Whoever said “Silence is golden”… never knew a 3 year old who was supposed to be taking a nap. Above: The “Silencers” Below: Only part of Silent Non-napper’s artistic creation If one looks closely – one can see little chunkies on those sweet fingers. “Chunky what?” Nearly an entire jumbo tube of glue stick. Good [...]
The Exciting Journey That Is: Potty Training
My daughter is 3. She is not potty trained. But she tells us immediately after she’s peed in her diaper. I PEED! Yup. You know you envy me. Yesterday, she was having a hard time going, #2. It was such hard work that she fell asleep while sitting at the kitchen table drinking apple juice [...]
The Tooth Fairy should have her wings pinched off.
The Tooth Fairy finally came last night. She He left Olivia 3 crisp ones. After 3 no-shows, he/she needed to play make-up. After the first time the TF didn’t show, I told Olivia it was probably a busy night for the TF… sometimes lots of children lose their teeth on the same day and there [...]
"Mo-ooooommm!!!…"
Olivia cried early this morning, “The Tooth Fairy didn’t come!!!” That darned tooth had been hanging for weeks. The Tooth Fairy SHOULD NOT have missed her delivery. Plus, Olivia just broke her wrist – the Tooth Fairy should never miss visiting the 6-year-old-girl with lopsided ponytails and a broken wrist. Joel added from across the [...]
Make Me Laugh Monday
What to post… what to post… Well, there was this morning when I was kissing my husband goodbye for the day. We were kinda flirting and mid-flirt I noticed a little toothpaste residue on the corner of his mouth… Then… I “Mommed” my husband. You know what I’m talkin’ ’bout. Without [...]
With A Cherry Fracture On Top
It has been a full weekend for this family of 5. An all family birthday party with The Blozulfogs, a kid’s road race (a 50 yard dash), a carnival complete with a ferris wheel and carousel ride and small stuffed teddy bears, a parade, the hottest day of 2008 (to date), a few hours kickin’ [...]
Through the Eyes of a 3 Year Old
I chose to wear a skirt today (nothing fancy, a sweatpant-material skirt). The weather people promised sun. But when I awoke this morning… no sun. ***Now, I have been faithfully applying my Jergens Natural Glow lotion (also clinically proven to firm skin! *sha-right*) to hide my pasty Pacific Northwest whiteness… I have been anticipating the [...]
Kids are like…
ferrets. We had 2 ferrets before we had kids – Sport and Molly. Stinky animals – even though they were de-stinked. Anywho… We would find all sorts of treasures in and behind our couches, or tucked into the darkest recesses of our home. We had this one couch that had storage underneath – we’d find [...]
Happy Mother's Day To ME!!!
Oh people. People! Why was my mother’s day happy? Well… for starters – if you have been here before you can see the BEAUTIMOUS changes on this here site. My very talented, creatively inspired, staying-up late to tweak and perfect, loving, adoring and cutie-pie husband… redesigned my site! When I saw it – I tenderly [...]
